Description: The Archives actively promotes a safety culture for both staff and collections. A comprehensive emergency preparedness and recovery manual is maintained that covers prevention efforts, evacuation procedures, emergency response staff responsibilities, salvage operations, and post-disaster assessments. Every two years, the manual is reviewed and revised as needed. An overview of
Description: Research records refer to any materials created or collected while conducting research as part of a Smithsonian employee's official duties. They may exist in many formats including sheets of paper, notecards, field books, maps, databases, spreadsheets, audiovisual materials, and images. Research records can typically be divided into three broad categories: 1) secondary